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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the favorite singers among Eva's parent's friends in Canada?
(a) Andrews Sisters and Dinah Shore.
(b) Perry Como.
(c) Nat King Cole.
(d) Bing Crosby.

2. What did Eva's mother mean when she said that Eva was becoming "English?"
(a) She wanted to go to school in America.
(b) She was learning the language too quickly.
(c) She didn't want to be seen with her mother.
(d) She was becoming "cold."

3. What began to win Eva prizes at school in Canada?
(a) Her speeches.
(b) Her painting.
(c) Her poems.
(d) Her piano playing.

4. What nationality was Eva's piano teacher in Canada?
(a) Canadian.
(b) Polish.
(c) American.
(d) Russian.

5. What did Penny give Eva for her birthday that got her writing juices flowing?
(a) Stationary.
(b) A diary.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A blank notebook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eva think that the sliced cheese and bologna smelled like?

2. What game did most teenage parties devolve into that made Eva feel that she was among a strange tribe of adolescents?

3. What did Eva's father settle into for work in Canada?

4. What did Eva's father say he wanted back after they lived in Canada for a while that he claimed he always had before?

5. What was the address where the Wydra's first lived in Vancouver written on the "I'm lost" card?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Eva and her friends would see a foreign film in Poland, what questions would they ask about the characters in the film? How does this relate to Eva's life in Canada?

2. How did Mr. Ostropov play the role of the "mad Russian?"

3. Give an example of how the Wydra's became paralyzed by choices and how they made decisions?

4. When did Eva realize that discussing communism with her classmates was a waste of time?

5. What role did humor play in learning a new language for the Wydra's and especially Eva? What was it like for Eva to tell a joke? What did not translate from Polish to English?

6. How was Eva a "pretend teenager?"

7. How were Eva's views of communism different from her classmates?

8. How did Eva see Mr. Rosenberg after the Wydra's had been in Canada for a bit? How did he change in Eva's eyes and why did she perceive him differently after a short time?

9. In Eva's attempt at secrecy, what role did Mrs. Steiner play? Why did Eva place her is this position? What characteristics did Mrs. Steiner have that made Eva behave differently towards her?

10. Why did Eva choose English as the language she would write in when she received her new diary?

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